The Foetal Condition: A Sociology of Engendering and Abortion

338 Pages·2014·2.08 MB·English

by  Luc Boltanski

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The Foetal Condition
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The Foetal Condition
A Sociology of Engendering and Abortion
Luc Boltanski
Translated by Catherine Porter
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First published in French as La condition fœtale. Une sociologie de l’engendrement
et de l’avortement © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2004
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. . . the evening star is the morning star . . .
Gottlob Frege, ‘On Sense and Reference’
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Contents
Introduction 1
1. The Anthropological Dimensions of Abortion 11
2. The Two Constraints on Engendering 39
3. Understandings 60
4. The Parental Project 90
5. Constructing Foetal Categories 125
6. The Justifi cation of Abortion 158
7. The Experience of Abortion 193
Conclusion: Forgetting Abortion 233
Notes 251
Works Cited 299
Index 317
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